Valley school teacher found shot to death

Updated 3:32 pm, Friday, April 1, 2011

SAN BENITO — Cameron County sheriff's officials Friday were investigating the apparent homicide of a third-grade school teacher whose body was found slumped over the steering wheel along a rural road.

Sheriff Omar Lucio said Sonia Perez, 39, was found in her Ford Astro van late Thursday after a deputy spotted her car along the road with the headlights on. She had been shot to the head and right side of the body. Neither bullet casings nor weapons were found.

“No question about it, it's foul play,” he said.

Perez was a teacher for the Rio Hondo Independent School District and had previously worked for the San Benito school district.

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Lucio said there were no suspects as of Friday morning. Anyone with information was asked to call the Crime Stoppers line at 1-866-350-5551.